ALBANY, N.Y. â New York State Police and another law enforcement agency issued 444 tickets during last week s Operation Hardhat, an initiative between law enforcement entities, the New York State Department of Transportation and the New York State Thruway Authority, to crack down on work zone violations and highlight the importance of safe driving when encountering construction, maintenance and emergency operations along state highways.
Operation Hardhat details were held in almost every region of New York State in support of National Work Zone Awareness Week, which took place from April 26 to April 30. The enforcement and educational efforts come as New York State continues to experience a rising number of work zone intrusions, including three recent crashes that injured six highway workers just last week.
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This year, Workers’ Memorial Day, a day to remember those who died in the course of doing their jobs, coincides with Work Zone Awareness Week, a week set aside to remind motorists to slow down while traveling in work zones.
Sadly, some motorists can’t be bothered.
Perhaps they are running late and feel they don’t have time to slow down. They might be on their phone and too distracted to notice the signs or maybe they just don’t care.
The result is that too many highway workers are injured or killed in work zones every day.
PHOTOS: Gov. Whitmer Joins National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week Event in Clinton Township, Visits M-59 Rebuilding Michigan Construction Site
LANSING, Mich. Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer visited the M-59 Hall Rd. Rebuilding Michigan project in Clinton Township for a National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week event to encourage drivers to exercise caution in work zones as workers begin the construction season to repair our state s roads and bridges. She was joined by Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel.
We must all do our part to keep the roads safe for our workers during this construction season, said
Governor Whitmer. Stay alert in construction zones, follow all posted signs, and slow down to protect our construction workers and save a life. Orange construction barrels are a positive sign that we re fixing the roads, but they are also a reminder to exercise caution.
Concrete finisher Joey Yuhas of New Middletown, working for Foust Construction of Girard and member of Laborers International Union of North America Local 125 of Youngstown, finishes freshly poured concrete along Market Street in Boardman on Wednesday morning. Monday kicked off National Work Zone Awareness Week, which brings awareness to traffic safety and construction crews.
BOARDMAN Fixing sidewalks and curbs, construction crews worked on a busy stretch of state Route 7 on Wednesday.
Behind them, thousands of cars passed by before the crew’s quitting time.
National Work Zone Awareness Week, held annually from April 26-30, highlights the need for awareness to traffic safety and construction crews. It was launched in 1999 to decrease fatalities and injuries.
ODOT and Ohio State Highway Patrol team up for National Work Zone Awareness Week
Crews and troopers urge drivers to use caution Thursday, April 29, 2021 10:23 AM ODOT Van Wert County crews crack seal U.S. 30 with Ohio State Highway Patrol in the work zone. Troopers coordinate enforcement with the Ohio Department of Transportation to increase safety for everyone. (Photo submitted)
LIMA For the annual spring campaign, National Work Zone Awareness
Week, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Ohio State
Highway Patrol (OSHP) came together recently to urge drivers to use
extra caution in work zones, out on U.S. 30 where Van Wert crews were